`The [[Fendahl]] is death,' said [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]]. `How do you kill death itself?'
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'The [[Fendahl]] ''is'' death,' said [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]]. 'How do you kill death itself?'
The ultra-modern technology of the [[Time Scanner]] combines with the ancient evil of [[Fetch Wood]], and brings to life a terror that has lain hidden for twelve million years.
The ultra-modern technology of the [[Time Scanner]] combines with the ancient evil of [[Fetch Wood]], and brings to life a terror that has lain hidden for twelve million years.
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Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl was a novelisation based on the 1977 television serial Image of the Fendahl.
Publisher's summary
'The Fendahlis death,' said the Doctor. 'How do you kill death itself?'
The ultra-modern technology of the Time Scanner combines with the ancient evil of Fetch Wood, and brings to life a terror that has lain hidden for twelve million years.
The Doctor and Leela fight to destroy the Fendahl, a recreated menace that threatens to devour all life in the galaxy.
Chapter titles
The Skull
Dead Man in the Wood
Time Scan
Horror at the Priory
The Fendahleen
The Coven
Stael's Mutiny
The Missing Planet
Ceremony of Evil
The Priestess
Time Bomb
The End of the Fendahl
Deviations from televised story
Stael's background and motivation is explained in detail.
Colby is referred to both in the text and by Stael as "Professor Colby", whereas on screen "Professor" seems to be simply a nickname given him by Martha Tyler.
Moss is mentioned as fingering a lucky charm during his first meeting with the Doctor and Leela, a detail edited out of the broadcast version.
The Doctor gets out of the store room by weakening the lock with his sonic screwdriver and then kicking the door open, rather than someone unlocking it for him.
Leela knocks out a guard in order to get into Fetch Priory the first time.
The Fendahl Skull does not start glowing until after the Doctor innocently touches it, rather than him touching it after it has started glowing.
The Doctor does not refer to Mitchell by name, removing an oft-cited potential error in the televised version.
Writing and publishing notes
to be added
Cover gallery
1979 Hardcover edition
British publication history
First publication:
Hardback
W.H. Allen & Co. Ltd. UK
Paperback
Target
Re-issues:
Editions published outside Britain
Published in the USA by Aeonian Press in 1986 as a hardback edition; it was one of seven novelisations published in the mid-1980's.
